show

Prints the first n rows of the DataFrame to the console.

Syntax

show(n: int = 20, truncate: Union[bool, int] = True, vertical: bool = False)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
n	int, optional, default 20	Number of rows to show.
truncate	bool or int, optional, default True	If set to True, truncate strings longer than 20 chars. If set to a number greater than one, truncates long strings to length truncate and align cells right.
vertical	bool, optional	If set to True, print output rows vertically (one line per column value).

Examples

df = spark.createDataFrame([
    (14, "Tom"), (23, "Alice"), (16, "Bob"), (19, "This is a super long name")],
    ["age", "name"])

df.show()
# +---+--------------------+
# |age|                name|
# +---+--------------------+
# | 14|                 Tom|
# | 23|               Alice|
# | 16|                 Bob|
# | 19|This is a super l...|
# +---+--------------------+

df.show(2)
# +---+-----+
# |age| name|
# +---+-----+
# | 14|  Tom|
# | 23|Alice|
# +---+-----+
# only showing top 2 rows

df.show(truncate=False)
# +---+-------------------------+
# |age|name                     |
# +---+-------------------------+
# |14 |Tom                      |
# |23 |Alice                    |
# |16 |Bob                      |
# |19 |This is a super long name|
# +---+-------------------------+

df.show(truncate=3)
# +---+----+
# |age|name|
# +---+----+
# | 14| Tom|
# | 23| Ali|
# | 16| Bob|
# | 19| Thi|
# +---+----+

df.show(vertical=True)
# -RECORD 0--------------------
# age  | 14
# name | Tom
# -RECORD 1--------------------
# age  | 23
# name | Alice
# -RECORD 2--------------------
# age  | 16
# name | Bob
# -RECORD 3--------------------
# age  | 19
# name | This is a super l...